BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 1365| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ UNFINISHED BUSINESS Bill No: SB 1365 Author: Corbett (D) Amended: 8/20/10 Vote: 21 SENATE VOTES NOT RELEVANT ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 8/23/10 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Public safety: consumer products SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill updates Californias toy safety statutes to reference the most current versions of federal law and regulations. Assembly Amendments delete the Senate version of the bill and instead update existing toy safety statutes to reflect changes in federal law. ANALYSIS : Existing law prohibits a person from manufacturing, selling, or exchanging, having in his/her possession with intent to sell or exchange, or exposing or offering for sale or exchange to any retailer, any toy that is: 1. Contaminated with any toxic substance. 2. Coated with paints and lacquers containing compounds of CONTINUED SB 1365 Page 2 lead of which the lead content is in excess of that permitted by regulations adopted pursuant to the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. 3. Coated with paints and lacquers containing soluble compounds of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, selenium, or barium, as identified by specified solubility tests. This bill: 1. Updates California's toy safety statutes that prohibit the manufacture or sale of any toy that is coated with paints and lacquers containing compounds of lead to reference the lead content permitted by federal regulations adopted pursuant to the Consumer Product Safety Act and the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. 2. Updates California's toy safety statutes that prohibit the manufacture or sale of any toy that is coated with paints and lacquers containing soluble compounds of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, selenium, or barium to include chromium and to reference identification of these compounds by ASTM [American Society for Testing and Materials] International Standard F963-08 "Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety" (ASTM F963). Comments This bill updates existing toy safety statutes to reflect changes in federal law, regulations and standards. In addition, it adds chromium, as identified in the ASTM International Standard, to the list of soluble compounds prohibited in the paints and lacquers of toys. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No ASSEMBLY FLOOR : AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Tom Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, SB 1365 Page 3 Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez NO VOTE RECORDED: Bill Berryhill, Furutani, Norby, Vacancy, Vacancy TSM:mw 8/24/10 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED **** END ****